WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:14.840 This is Hacker Public Radio episode 3,895 for Friday 7 July 2023. 00:14.840 --> 00:18.880 Today's show is entitled, What's In My Backpack. 00:18.880 --> 00:22.080 It is part of the series What's In My Toolkit. 00:22.080 --> 00:27.080 It is hosted by stash AF, it carries a clean flag. 00:27.080 --> 00:41.640 The summary is, Stac walks through the contents of his work backpack. 00:41.640 --> 00:47.200 Hello Hacker Public Radio, I am your host, stash AF, and today I am going to walk you 00:47.200 --> 00:50.520 through my backpack and it's contents. 00:50.520 --> 00:54.040 Now, this is the backpack that I carry with me every day to work. 00:54.040 --> 01:00.600 So it's got quite a bit of techy gear in it. 01:00.600 --> 01:08.520 What I have is a rush Moab 10 sling pack, 18 liter from File 11. 01:08.520 --> 01:16.080 I like this one because it has Molly straps on it. 01:16.080 --> 01:20.320 Molly stands for Modular Lightweight Load Carrying Equipment. 01:20.320 --> 01:26.840 Basically I can get another piece of Molly equipment and physically attach it to the 01:26.840 --> 01:34.120 system on the bag, which I do have extra things attached to my bag, so it has come in quite 01:34.120 --> 01:36.520 handy. 01:36.520 --> 01:42.600 This particular bag is a crossbody sling, which getting up and going makes it really 01:42.600 --> 01:44.240 easy for me. 01:44.240 --> 01:48.720 It features left or right crossbody depending on how you want to configure. 01:48.720 --> 01:55.600 So it's not, it's not required to stay in one specific configuration. 01:55.600 --> 02:00.360 Now, getting started, there is a pouch on the sling. 02:00.360 --> 02:11.520 I'm going to go ahead and open that and then inside I have a mini USB to full sized USB cable. 02:11.520 --> 02:17.160 I have that because I have to manage Cisco switches and they have that mini USB port 02:17.240 --> 02:19.600 in there. 02:19.600 --> 02:24.160 I have a micro USB to full sized USB cable. 02:24.160 --> 02:35.480 I have a full sized USB to USB type C and then I have a flat Ethernet cable because 02:35.480 --> 02:40.440 you never know what you're going to need. 02:40.480 --> 02:52.680 Next, there is a hydration pouch for a camelback or other type of water bottle system. 02:52.680 --> 02:55.720 That pouch has nothing in it. 02:55.720 --> 02:58.680 Close that back up. 02:58.680 --> 03:09.320 Next directly on the top is a small pouch, which inside I have a small plastic box, 03:09.400 --> 03:22.080 which contains a Raspberry Pico because projects never want to stop learning. 03:22.080 --> 03:28.000 I have a USB to Ethernet adapter. 03:28.000 --> 03:34.920 I have a micro USB to full sized Ethernet adapter. 03:34.960 --> 03:43.960 I have a micro SD to USB adapter and a micro SD card. 03:43.960 --> 03:50.600 I remember why I put that micro SD card in there. 03:50.600 --> 03:58.760 Continuing on in that particular little pouch, I have a USB hub, I have a USB C to USB 03:59.080 --> 04:14.960 cable and then I have all manner of USB drives, some are storage, some are bootable Linux. 04:14.960 --> 04:26.120 One of them is a USB A and USB C, if I'm drives that way, if I'm not at my desk, I can 04:26.200 --> 04:31.080 download something on my phone, transfer it to a thumb drive and then immediately have it available 04:31.080 --> 04:38.360 on the USB A side so that way I can plug it into a computer if the computer needs some kind of 04:40.040 --> 04:41.400 file. 04:43.560 --> 04:46.520 Now I'm moving along to the main compartment. 04:46.920 --> 05:08.680 I have a Lenovo 4T idea pad 1, the laptop was just the right purchase at Walmart for 05:08.760 --> 05:16.280 150 bucks, just for strictly Windows, sometimes you need Windows, I said settings me to say. 05:18.040 --> 05:28.920 And then I also have my workhorse, which is a Lenovo ThinkPad E15, which is Linux dual boot, 05:30.360 --> 05:35.000 and I only ever boot into Windows once a year and that's to do the major updates. 05:35.240 --> 05:45.400 I have a mouse pad, I have all kinds of note paper, which I really need to clean up, because 05:45.400 --> 05:53.720 I don't remember what I was doing with some of these notes, but this little one back in, 05:54.680 --> 06:13.960 and then in the mouse board pouch, I have another little pouch that contains the charging cables 06:14.360 --> 06:29.640 for my laptops. I have a bag with some chapstick and some hand lotion, because living in the desert, 06:29.640 --> 06:42.120 you dry out very quickly. I have a wall outlet, USB A2, or AC to USB A, 06:42.280 --> 06:53.000 I have my reading glasses, I have some wired headphones, several pens, more note papers, 06:56.440 --> 07:05.320 I have a password managing device that I'm actually working on designing myself, 07:05.320 --> 07:19.960 and inside this front pouch is a smaller bag, so I have it here, I have a business card, 07:21.960 --> 07:30.440 shows you how long it's been since I've been in that package, and then I wanted to go back 07:31.080 --> 07:39.560 and cover why I wanted this bag that has the molly on it, because on one side I have a sunglasses holder 07:42.360 --> 07:51.000 at my job, I either work mornings or work nights, I do not work days, and for job that I used to do 07:51.000 --> 07:59.800 in the Air Force, I used to sit in a dark box staring at about a dozen computer screens for 07:59.800 --> 08:05.720 eight hours a day, and the first light of day that I would see would be first thing in the morning, 08:05.720 --> 08:15.320 my eyes got tired, and so I very much need to have sunglasses, and if I didn't have this pocket 08:15.320 --> 08:21.400 on the side of my bag, I would forget, and I would be driving home in the blinding desert sun, 08:22.440 --> 08:30.760 in a substantial amount of pain, so this sunglasses container did not come with a bag, 08:31.400 --> 08:38.120 but I have added it because frankly I needed it, and there you have it that is, 08:38.120 --> 08:46.760 that is my work backpack, so if you have any questions about why I have what I have, 08:48.040 --> 08:54.120 please feel free to drop a comment. 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